On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 10:52 AM Tomas Pales <litewav...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 12:15:43 AM UTC+1 Brent wrote: > >> On 3/10/2021 2:41 PM, Tomas Pales wrote: >> >> >> On Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 6:29:13 PM UTC+1 Brent wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On 3/10/2021 1:18 AM, Tomas Pales wrote: >>> >>> Then you've either (1) changed the meaning of "real" existence (2) >>> changed the meaning of possible or (3) gone mad. >>> >> >> As I said, possible means identical to itself. >> >> >> I know you said it, but that doesn't make it so. Is it possible that >> there is a an even number greater than 2 which is not the sum of two >> primes? Is it real? Is it possible that there is a cardinal number >> between aleph0 and aleph1? Is it real? If you flip a coin is it possible >> it will come up heads? What's the difference between "possible" and >> "necessary". >> > > If there is a contradiction in the definition of an object, that means > that the law of identity is violated and the object is not identical to > itself and hence is not possible. There is no difference between possible > and necessary in the absolute sense because every possible object exists > necessarily in reality as a whole. > That is known as 'begging the question' in that you have assumed the result that it is necessary for you to prove. In other words, you have a circular argument. Bruce The distinction between possible and necessary is used when talking about > something that exists only in some possible worlds versus something that > exists in every possible world, respectively. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAFxXSLQddUPHiSSeW%2BPkaQGP-iyb79j1nzJpdVCauqfTyQET0g%40mail.gmail.com.
